Religion, Isn't It a Variable?

The notion of paradise, i think, changes the equation significantly. These are people who are highly motivated. They feel a great sense of meaning. And we mighte, we might say thatwl this is not such a big phenomenon. We're just talking about some tens of thousands of people at this point coming from other societies to join the islamic state. But that phenomenon is a window on to the psychology of what has happening in these societies among the indigenous people who are committed to these ideas. It explains why you can get mothers to just celebrate the suicidal atrocities committed by their sons. There's no problem killing these kids because they've not taken on the sinfulness of their apostate